Name of the vacant position:

Specialist of the Centre for Teaching Excellence

Main functional responsibilities of the structural unit:

1.Creation of effective system of professional and pedagogical excellence improvement for the teaching staff of Abai KazNPU;

2.Development of new educational programs for pedagogical excellence, reflecting changes in the content of university teaching and secondary education;

3.Creation of new trend of pedagogical excellence of educators that reflects current global trends in education;

4.Influence on level of professional and pedagogical training of university teachers and secondary education teachers and as a consequence on quality of education for students in secondary and technical and vocational education;

5.By means of qualification upgrading of pedagogical staff rating of Kazakhstani education in international comparative studies such as TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS;

6.creation of sustainable system for training of managers of educational organizations in Kazakhstan.

Main responsibilities:

- Ensure compliance with established requirements, applicable regulations, rules and standards;

- Monitor the operation of server and switching equipment and eliminate failures and malfunctions in a timely manner;

- maintain an archive of the software tools and normative and reference information in use;

- perform a set of activities for the implementation of software tools;

- analyse the information needs of the CTE;

- keep the established records for the CTE;

- maintain records in accordance with the approved nomenclature of cases;

- monitor the security of the property available at the CTE;

- maintain online records of students on the MOOC platform (Massive Open Online Courses),

- work on the MOODLE platform.

Business trips:

Readiness for business trips

Education:

Higher education.  An academic degree of at least a master`s degree is preferred.

A person with higher professional education in the field of information and communication technology shall be appointed as a Specialist of the Centre for Teaching Excellence.

Required professional experience (duration, field, other)

At least five (5) years of experience.

Professional certifications.

Professional competencies:

Ability to work with documentation, process and analyse textual and statistical information, draw conclusions, work in a team, translate documents (from Russian to Kazakh, etc.), express thoughts clearly and competently, analyse and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the organisation, identify sources of risks, work on MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) and MOODLE platforms, have digital literacy, skills to work on various digital platforms and applications.

Personal competencies and qualities:

Communicability, conscientiousness, proactive attitude to life, stress resistance, creativity, organisational skills, punctuality, easy learner, neatness.

Knowledge of languages, including the state language (list of languages that the candidate must speak)

Kazakh - fluent

Russian - fluent

English will be an advantage

Computer skills:

Good command of MS Office package, Google Drive/Docs/Meet, ZOOM, skills to work on online platforms.

Deadline for submitting a resume:

Until 30 April 2023.

Contact details:

hrteam@abaiuniversity.edu.kz